Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-01-20

pealing the tenure of Office act The
senate joint resolution was passed APP
pointing as. p. Angel member of the
board of regents of the Smithsonian in
stitution. MIR. Willis, (Ky.) reported the
river and harbor bill and the house sd
journed.
MONDAY, Jan 10.
Senate Among the communications
presented by the presiding officer to
the senate and referred was one
from the secretary of war transmitting
the report of the board of engineers in
regard TO bridging the Mississippi river
at st. Louis. Petitions we're presented and
referred as follows: Sen. Cameron, pray
az reduction IN the internal taxes.
Sen. Blair, of the Women's Christian
Temperance Association in relation to the
alchoholic trade with the Congo states.
Sen. Ingalls,, of the board OF trade Of
Lawrence, Ind. and Topeka, Kan, for
certain notifications in the interstate
commerce bill. On motion OF Sen
atorD awea the house amendment
TO the senate bill to provide
lands for Indians in severalty, was hon
concurred in, and a conference was asked.
The senate at 1880 o'clock took up the
Interstate commerce bill and Senator
Beck took the floor in faver of the con
ference report. Senator Beck at , O'Clock
concluded his remarks on the inter state
commerce bill and Senator Cullom took
the floor. He said he would conhne his
attention at this time to the explanation
of the fourth section dong aud short
haulsl in respect to which there seer Ell
to be much Misunderstanding.
Senator Stanford argued against the
bill and after the executive session the
senate adjourned.
House The speaker laid before
| the house communication from the
/ secretary of the treasury in re-
( ply 70 the resolution asking for an inter
4 probation of the tariff laws respecting
/ the duties on fish. Referred.
/ Under the call of states the following
! bills and resolutions were introduced and
referred. BY Oates (Ala,L making ten
/ years residence of aliens a prerequisite TO
naturalization. BY Rowell l[llsl, by re-
/ quest granting mid for the establishment
I of common schools and for the profess
sional education OF puhlC school teachers.
/ BY NatsOn llndl, for the relief of de.
pendent parents of houorably discharged
soldiers and sailors who are dependent on
/ their own labor for support. Mr..
Morrison, from the committee on
rules, reported d resolution setting apart
Wednesday and Thursday next for the
consideration of business reported from
/ the committee on judiciary. Agreed TO.
( This order includes Edmunds', Tucker S
/ and the Polyeamy bills. The
/ door was then given TO the District
/ of Columbia committee, and after the
passage OF several District measures, the
house adjourned,
TUESDAY, Jan. IL.
I Senate The senate committee on
/ Indian affairs reported back with
amendments the house bin granting
to the ST. Panl, Minneapolis & Manitoba
+ railway company eight Of way through
1 tho Indian reservations in northern Mon
I tana and northwestern Dakota. Calendar.
I rhe committee on military affairs re-
I ported the bill for the relief OF telegraph
+ operators who served duriug the war.
House On motion of Bragg Wis.
F the senate amendments were con
Cured Ia 90 the hill providing
4 for school az instruction for cavalry
and light artillery. The river and
hathor appropriation bill w. re.
I ported back aud il was referred
to committee OF the whole, On mo-
f ton of Caswen jWis.4, Wednes.
+ day, February 9, x y O'Clock, was set
i apart for the consideration OF resolutions